Example sentences of "and play [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It destroys jobs ; discourages investment ; erodes the country 's competitiveness ; and plays havoc with the Government 's accounts . |
| 2 | Sometimes they sent the pigeons fluttering up to the sky and played ping-pong on the white encrusted table . |
| 3 | As they rushed , laughing , through the side streets and played hopscotch across the squares , Constance was increasingly aware of time passing . |
| 4 | She reflected that if Time had needed to deposit its flotsam on her doorstep , could it not have taken the form of a steady young man who caught the 5.30 train home each evening , and played cricket at the weekends ? |
| 5 | and then we went and played cricket in the middle |
| 6 | Then I went over to the vice-president 's mansion and played tennis at the naval observatory in Washington a bunch of times . |
| 7 | When they had last been extensively used , in 1894 and 1895 , able-bodied paupers in Bermondsey terrified the workhouse staff and played leapfrog in the stoneyard ; in Poplar they formed a union and went on strike for a higher rate of relief . |
| 8 | On top of that , there 's the mystery surrounding the fact that the black folks mostly turned their guitars upright and played slide in the Spanish position rather than in a lap style — typically inventive , of course , but quite a departure all the same . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's better ; now I suggest we try to forget why we 're here and play tourist for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 10 | He enjoyed a round of golf and playing cricket for the village and that was about it . |
| 11 | spends weekends at his small house in the mountains , walking , trout fishing , collecting wild mushrooms and playing jazz on the piano . |
| 12 | They have to buy their own lunch in the university refectory , but that 's an experience in itself , so anybody who wants to come and play student for the day , it 's great fun . |
| 13 | They have to buy their own lunch in the University Refectory , but that 's an experience in itself , so anybody who wants to come and play student for the day , it 's , it 's great fun . |